Men without a mission make poor soldiers
The drive towards war on Iraq appears unstoppable, but it's not too late to pause to reflect on the justice of the fight - a king once halted a war so his leading thinkers could consider the very...
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EU Action Plan to boost research efforts in Europe
Brussels, 29 April 2003 The European Commission will present tomorrow a roadmap with detailed measures to encourage public and private players across Europe to upgrade their research effort. The...
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Today's news
First state school alumnus heads Oxford college The first alumnus of a comprehensive school to head an Oxford college has taken up his post. Andrew Dilnot, 42, former director of the Institute of...
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Emission to kill
The hole in the ozone over Antarctica surprised a world that thought it was polluting only its cities. Paul Crutzen asks what other shocks lie in store. From an evolutionary point of view, Homo...
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Putting Canada in the frame
Brussels, 30 Sep 2002 Dr Christophe Sensen of the University of Calgary, Canada, is well placed to discuss Canadian collaboration with the EU. A German who went across to Canada over a decade ago, he...
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Getting to know the local lama
Asian Commitment
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Thinness blights world
The global media is spreading eating disorders in non-western cultures, say Leicester University researchers. Psychiatrist Mervat Nasser, author of Culture and Weight Consciousness, claims that...
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Partnoy's complaint
Infectious Greed
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Shaping the land that has shaped us
Remaking the Landscape
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Ways of seeing obscure view of heritage
Journal of Classical Sociology
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Allies to focus on industry
Canada and the United Kingdom have formed a partnership to encourage bilateral contacts. Its origins lie in a joint declaration signed in 1997 by prime ministers Tony Blair and Jean Chrétien that...
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From today's UK papers
Financial Times Lord Sainsbury, the science minister, has opened the Genetic Therapies Centre at Imperial College, London. Mumbai (Bombay) in India will house the Massachusetts Institute of...
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Shadows of days gone by
A day of total luna-see: * Records of eclipses can be found in the ancient histories of Babylon, East Asia, Europe and Arabia. * The oldest report of a total eclipse is dated July 17, 709BC. * A...
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Tribal hostilities eclipse
Before Taliban - The Pathan Unarmed
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Don's diary: A global nomad
Tuesday Setting off for an expert meeting on backpacking, I find, despite my supposed expertise in the subject, that I am overloaded. Every time I travel, I swear I will travel lighter next time. The...